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Trials across the Midwest and Midsouth conducted by farmers and retailers through Dow AgroSciences’ Field Forward on-farm research program showed superior burndown control on tough broadleaf weeds using Elevore herbicide. Powered by a new Group 4 growth regulator herbicide developed

From the Carolinas to Texas, the cotton bollworm is leading an assault on Bt cotton again this year. Growing resistance to the Bt traits found in the most common cotton varieties is proving problematic as southern states face another

The Dow Chemical Company has entered into a definitive agreement with CITIC Agri Fund to divest a select portion of Dow AgroSciences’ corn seed business in Brazil for a purchase price of $1.1 billion. The scope of the divestiture includes

Dow AgroSciences’ Enlist weed control system continued its path toward full commercialization Wednesday after China granted import approval to its corn trait. Corn hybrids with the Enlist trait, which grants tolerance to 2,4-D choline and glyphosate, will now be

DuPont and Dow announced today that Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has granted conditional regulatory approval of their proposed merger. CADE’s approval hinges on the divestment of a select portion of Dow’s corn seed business in Brazil, including some seed processing

Dow AgroSciences has received Section 18 emergency use exemptions from EPA for Transform WG insecticide in select states for the 2017 production season. The Section 18 emergency use exemptions come as welcome news to cotton and sorghum growers. States receiving a

Agriculture in the United States uses less land, and far less labor, today than it did in the 1940s. Yet agricultural production grew by 169 percent between 1948 and 2013, with nearly all of it due to improvements in productivity.

Despite initial backlash to the proposed mega-mergers among agro-chemical companies in the past two years, some of the deals appear to be inching toward finality. Most recently, the European Commission approved the Dow Chemical and DuPont marriage, and some

A pair of former U.S. agriculture secretaries have written a letter endorsing the merger of Dow and DuPont. The merger is needed to help the agricultural divisions of Dow and DuPont compete against even larger companies in the seed and

Enlist Duo herbicide has received federal registration for use on Enlist cotton, which will allow growers to use an additional mode of action postemergence. For 2017, the Enlist cotton trait will be available exclusively in PhytoGen cottonseed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)